Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 74
... follow , flies , My fortune leads to traverse realms alone , And find no spot of all the world my own . All here belongs to the domain of feeling . It is the imaginary Chinaman , his " Citizen of the World " who sets out the philosophic ...
... follow , flies , My fortune leads to traverse realms alone , And find no spot of all the world my own . All here belongs to the domain of feeling . It is the imaginary Chinaman , his " Citizen of the World " who sets out the philosophic ...
Page 98
... follow these significant remarks on style : The dread of falling into what they are pleased to call col- loquial barbarisms , has induced some skillful writers to swell their bloated diction with uncouth phrases and the affected jargon ...
... follow these significant remarks on style : The dread of falling into what they are pleased to call col- loquial barbarisms , has induced some skillful writers to swell their bloated diction with uncouth phrases and the affected jargon ...
Page 276
... follow the comedy's fortunes . It seems to have reached Colman's hands early in 1772 ; and if Goldsmith had been slow in writing , Colman was slower still in considering . All the heartbreak about " The Good - Natured Man " had to be ...
... follow the comedy's fortunes . It seems to have reached Colman's hands early in 1772 ; and if Goldsmith had been slow in writing , Colman was slower still in considering . All the heartbreak about " The Good - Natured Man " had to be ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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